Camp Walkaplanka (15)

by Lara Bergen (Adapter), Art Mawhinney (Illustrator)

Ahoy, mateys! Join the Backyardigans at Pirate Camp in this exciting 8 x 8 story! Uniqua really wants to be a pirate. She convinces a fearful Pablo to go to pirate camp with her where under the tutelage of the great pirate captain, Austin, they will learn to swashbuckle, heave ho, and scalawag. When Austin is captured by a fearsome ghost (Tasha) it’s up to the campers to set him free. This story ties into a favorite summertime TV episode!

Genres: Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published May 19, 2009

Reviews

[Joanna]

This was my first introduction into the world of the Backyardigans and I enjoyed myself. I loved that expectations kept getting subverted—the mean Captain isn’t really mean, pirate terms are reinvented (scallywag and swashbuckling), and the ghost isn’t really a ghost! I would revisit the Backyardigans based on this story.